<p>I’m in the same metropolitan area, about 30 minutes away. </p>
<p>@Laffy you don’t say that, you say “I commute.” Pretty much everyone understands that to mean you’re living with the 'rents. While I generally agree with the sentiments on here that it makes more financial sense to live at home, I think it’s pretty stifling if you’re in your 20s and your parents still treat you like a teenager.</p>
<p>I commuted last year and my dad and stepmom were cool about it. It’s not like I was going out very often anyway, but when I did a simple “keep us posted” sufficed (I’d text my dad when I was coming back home, or if I was gonna be gone for the night). I would have HATED it if I was treated like I was back in high school.</p>